Dichomeris melichrous is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. melichrous
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| Dichomeris melichrous (Meyrick, 1904)
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The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are whitish grey ochreous, the dorsal two-thirds tinged with light brown reddish. There is a small brown-reddish spot on the dorsum at one-fourth. The stigmata are faintly traceable, reddish, with the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are whitish grey, with a faint purplish tinge.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris melichrous". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris melichrous (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 432 – via Internet Archive.
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